Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-12-17 | Page 28 | Bleat of the Innocent by Stander

I I. I Bleat of the I Innocent Bys Bystander I. I Says It f to Would Say u the Be More Morel MorelI I Jj j I HA RAND D little Id Idea 1 of or that Boston man m about the earth beinS' beinS being be- be inS inS' square observed observed ob ob- ob- ob served th the Regular I Fellow but u un unusual usual s ai ci Not so startling as 33 If f hed he'd s said td ther thel earth earth was Vas on t c. c retorted square retorted 1 the Inno Innocent D- D By 1 stander or that thit the population waS wab Nevertheless I think there there Is a Joker i In his of 1000 reward posted posted for anyone any any one who can an prove prove that the world orid Is 13 n not t square qU r H haVe haV j just t aa u well well offered of of- the n ard for tor an any on ore OM who could convince hi him that the the tho world was WU n not t r rec- rec c- c or hex hexagonal or Or or words to that effect All li hed he'd d have to do to keep the Ute coin would be to remain unconvinced There Is Inot not a to tower e h he could be taken up Into where he c could uld take a l slant lant at atthe atthe the earths earth's curves Columbus could break all the eggs In cold ov r this mans man's bean an without with with- out co in him that by br 1 galling abound be W world a lively liTel- Italian flying Hying r rr n j wf in u j I rL i y g 92 the colors colore could reach rench China without dropping ort oft th the edge edEe Th Thita ts t's where There this Boston Bosto man had bad It Iton Iton Iton on them iI He says t ti the le e edge 86 ge Of or the earth is pr b by Ice chilL Well c 0 r rYe Ive seen fellows entirely surrounded by byIce byIce byIce lJ Ice In glasses who had an an edge and went over the edge too It would be Interesting to live In a I square or cubical world with a flat Oat top and edges all nU ruffled like pie crust where one could lure a pest peet out to and push him him over I would induce a tow few hat check boys boy taxicab b chauffeurs after alter dinner speakers rs p po ts quick touch specialists professional tall talky Prizefighters Prize J fighters and capital I Induce Induce them to stroll out there and push them on Into frightful space Since h hearing aring of this thi mans man's Idea about a B. square world with edges It o occurred curr d to tome tomo tomo mo me that maybe mabe that's thata where men disappear pear over that ledge after they've be been elected Vice President or having written the test best seller Belier of or the hour or have been hailed as some som dramatist only the theau audiences au au- wont won't come to see Ice It Its It's a good dropping ot ofT off place for tor suffragettes suffragettes' hun hun- bands band good t fellows when ben they had It ft men who tried to break the bank of or Monte MonteCarlo MonteCarlo MonteCarlo Carlo or make Broadway close up When you ou think how mysteriously some m men inca n seem seem to drop off the world you OU can almost almot Imagine You dont don't believe scoffed the Regular Fellow that the world has an edge e Yes and tho the trusts have that edge on onus us asserted the Innocent Bystander